Teen riding in car with dad is shot

August 31, 2006

FAR SOUTH SIDE — Chicago police were searching for whoever wounded a 16-year-old boy riding in his father's car Tuesday night in the West Pullman neighborhood.

The teenager and his 42-year-old father were in the 12700 block of South Emerald Avenue about 8 p.m. when gunfire erupted from different directions, Calumet District Lt. Timothy Bickham said. Bullets shattered the rear window on the driver's side of the vehicle, and at least one bullet struck the boy in the left cheek, he said. Shattered glass or another projectile also apparently grazed the boy's face, Bickham said.